 He was dressed in his pontificals, and, with his eyes bent to earth, his hands spread upon his breast, he joined his coadjutors. What a contrast to this saintly being now struck my view; a form almost gigantic in stature, yet gently thrown forward by...  The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale - Page 59by Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1808 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
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...almost gigantic in stature, yet gently thrown forward by evident infirmity; limbs of Herculean mould, and a countenance rather furrowed by the inroads of...the spirit of convivial enjoyment seemed to hover, though shaded by two large whiskers on the upper lip,* that still preserved their ebon hue; while time... | |
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